The Chronicon Manniae et Insularum
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- Name
- The Chronicon Manniae et Insularum
- Description
- The chronicle of the kings of Mann and the Isles, compiled by the monks of Rushen Abbey from the twelfth century onward. A Manx document, produced on Manx soil, preserving a Manx understanding of the past. The manuscript now sits in the British Library in London. There have been campaigns to bring it home. It has not come home yet.
- Date
- c.1150-1376
- Place
- Rushen Abbey
- Type
- Chronicle
- Manuscript
- Source
- British Library, MS Cotton Julius A VII
- Book Chapter
- Chapter 02 — 979-1405